clo

De morest part ob de mens dey git heaps o 'clo' -- more 'n nuff;' n I ain't git nuffin. '

The Great South; A Record of Journeys in Louisiana, Texas, the Indian Territory, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland 1875

De morest part ob de mens dey git heaps o 'clo' -- more'n

Slave Songs of the United States. 1867

"Bes 'git yo' clo'es on, dearie;" says she, and I saw that while I'd been glued to the window and the horrors outside, she'd been attiring herself in a vast gown of dazzling green silk with yellow bows, an enormous hat with a yellow plume, and matching ribbons in her hennaed hair - you can't imagine what she looked like, luckily for you.

THE NUMBERS 2010

"Bes 'git yo' clo'es on, dearie;" says she, and I saw that while I'd been glued to the window and the horrors outside, she'd been attiring herself in a vast gown of dazzling green silk with yellow bows, an enormous hat with a yellow plume, and matching ribbons in her hennaed hair - you can't imagine what she looked like, luckily for you.

Flashman and the angel of the lord Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1995

"Bes 'git yo' clo'es on, dearie;" says she, and I saw that while I'd been glued to the window and the horrors outside, she'd been attiring herself in a vast gown of dazzling green silk with yellow bows, an enormous hat with a yellow plume, and matching ribbons in her hennaed hair - you can't imagine what she looked like, luckily for you.

Flashman and the angel of the lord Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1995

Dey gimme my weddin 'clo'es, an' when I seed dem clo'es I wuz one proud Nigger, 'cause dey wuz jus 'lak I wanted.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4 Work Projects Administration

At night ma always spinned and knit, and grandma, she sewed, makin 'clo'es for us chillun.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration

Wat you lettin 'that darky dress up in you' clo'es fer,

Yankee Girl at Fort Sumter Alice Turner Curtis

Looking down at her stockingless feet she said, "Missus, I ain't had a suit o 'clo'es in seven years."

A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences Laura S. Haviland

Sometimes Mist'ess let Celia wear some of de little missies 'clo'es, 'cause she wanted her to outshine de other Nigger gals.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3 Work Projects Administration